The quiet churchyard by orchid99

The quiet churchyard

I've blipped the peaceful churchyard which was attached to the now closed St Matthew's Mental Hospital in Burntwood, Staffordshire (not far from the cathedral city of Lichfield)



I've focussed on the abandoned gravestones, marked only with F or M and numbers in threes (they waited for three deaths of the same sex before transferring the patients to their resting place). You can just see a couple of the headstones, resting on the tree at the back, where they have been abandoned.



Daffodils thrive in this soil, earlier than many elsewhere in this part of the county, and they are the classic Staffordshire daffodils, as protected in the reserve of George's Hayes. There was an outcry a few years ago when they were just mown over, thoughtlessly.



A useful morning. I tried out the local bus for a trip to Lichfield to upgrade my phone. I spent longer waiting in the shop than I did either walking to the bus or waiting. I hope it's been successful. I'm about to check all the phone numbers and email addresses that they failed to transfer...... wish me luck.
Do you think we'll ever get out of the habit of saying 'we've blipped'?

*waves*
March 16th, 2015  
@lee4nnesjournal .... I know what you mean, but this was no careless and automatic thing. I thought about it. For me, the verb to blip means a lot to me and I'm proud to continue to use it. If it all goes, I'm really going to miss it.
March 16th, 2015  
@lee4nnesjournal ... and it's great to see you here. *waves back*
March 16th, 2015  
Yeah it's sad but it's gone into liquidation - on Companies House website today - so I suspect it's just a matter of time now. A great shame for sure.
March 16th, 2015  
I love daffs in the woods like this......
March 16th, 2015  
A beautiful capture and interesting history. Hope all is well with your phone! I always hate to change things up!
March 16th, 2015  
A beautiful churchyard.
March 16th, 2015  
@linnypinny I had an incoming call and I couldn't find the button or technique to answer it !!!!
March 16th, 2015  
'Ullo!
March 16th, 2015  
Very pretty with those daffodils
March 16th, 2015  
Oh to be in England now that spring is here.
March 16th, 2015  
Lovely spring image!!
March 17th, 2015  
I just love daffodils. They are my favorite flower, and this is a beautiful shot- even in the story beneath them is rather sad. Lovely shot.
March 17th, 2015  
I love these fields of daffodils!
March 17th, 2015  
Such a lovely spring scene, I just wish it would warm up a bit.
March 17th, 2015  
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